Farmer's Field Guide to the NAIS

What Our Readers Are Saying


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            Few non-fiction books induce a chill to the heart as Farmer’s Field Guide. Turning the pages is to experience a slow, cold, ‘uh-oh’ realization that all is not as it seems – that your land and your livestock and the right you assumed was yours to independently manage both may, in fact, be eroding – fast.

            The authors take the reader back in time several years when domestic concerns over the outbreaks of foreign animal diseases, i.e. Mad Cow and Foot and Mouth Disease, sparked policymakers to recognize and respond with a plan of action. From this laudable beginning we are led through a labyrinth of legal tunnels and twists where along the way provisions, changes, and amendments accumulate like plaque in a heart vessel. And like plaque, the health of the host becomes increasingly compromised. We are left to question if the intended cure has, in effect, become the threat.

            Meticulously researched, dense in detail the authors lay out the facts without demanding reader recruitment. One must decide for oneself whether the alarm is real and respond accordingly. Within the first 80 pages the issue is laid out and discussed. Everything after is appendix and research; anything a doubting Thomas could want.

            For those of us easily daunted by legal jargon or “political speak, yet want to grasp the overall, short summations are sprinkled throughout. And for those who ‘get it’ but just want to know what action to take, Chapter 7, provides direction.

            Farmer’s Field Guide is a landowner’s lighthouse, warning us of sinking danger ahead and possible loss of our chosen way of life. We would do well to heed the beacon.

M.C., Washington


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            Just received my book today, and after reading only a few pages, I am so impressed with the sincere and thoughtful way you have approached and written the book.  I can see I need to read every page, many times, even though I thought I was somewhat aware of the workings of NAIS.

            Thank you for caring enough to undertake this huge task.  I am glad I found your name on the internet regarding jurisdiction, and that I called that day.  Otherwise, I may not have been as motivated to order your great book.

            The story in Chapter 6, "An Unlikely Scenario?", brought me to tears, that so many Americans have no idea what freedom is, and how far gone it is.

D.M., Texas
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